Apogee

Sailing round the true-blue sphere---

Is it too late to bale out of here?

Well, there has to be some better way

To turn back the night,

Spin on to yesterday.



The old man and his crew---

After all these years,

It's apogee.

Pilot training and remorse---

Spirit friends fly too,

At apogee.

Apogee --- solar bright.

Apogee --- through the night.

Apogee --- overground.

Don't think i'll be coming down.



Screened for a stable mate

With nerves of ice we flew,

At apogee.

No creativity allowed

To pass through stainless veins of steel,

At apogee.

Apogee --- put the kettle on.

Tight-lipped --- soldier on.

High point --- communicate.

Don't forget to urinate.



So glad they put this window in.

How to explain, how to begin?

See! tennyson and wordsworth there

Waiting for me in the cold, thin air.



Beware a host of unearthly daffodils

Drifting golden, turned up loud.

Tell the boys back home,

I'm gonna get some.



The wrong stuff's loose in here ---

I'm climbing up the walls,

At apogee.

So hoist the skull and bones ---

Death and glory's free,

At apogee.



A stranger wind, a solar breeze ---

I'm walking out upon the starry seas.

See pyramids, see standing stones ---

Pink cotton undies and blue telephones.



Goodbye, cruel world that was my home ---

There's a cleaner space out there to roam.

Put my feet up on the moons of mars ---

Sit back, relax and count the stars.


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